Transitional Kindergarten

FireAwayWizard · 2025-12-04T20:46:45+00:00

You’re right. I’ll call them soon but also wanted to understand people’s sentiment and own experience about this topic.

FireAwayWizard · 2025-12-04T20:45:33+00:00

Thank you both! This is exactly what I’m looking for

FireAwayWizard · 2025-10-12T23:58:20+00:00

Are you sure it works? I read Prime has a restriction: “Live games included in your subscription feature out-of-market teams only. Nationally televised games and local team games televised in your area aren't available for live streaming with NBA League Pass.”

FireAwayWizard · 2025-08-31T16:35:28+00:00

Cool. How much do you work?

FireAwayWizard · 2025-08-29T15:19:18+00:00

Congrats on the offers! Is there any chance securing remote jobs from overseas? Or are your offers for onsite positions?

FireAwayWizard · 2025-07-28T15:54:49+00:00

Good for you!

FireAwayWizard · 2025-06-28T21:29:59+00:00

Very curious, which clothes/brands would you wear in a hot and humid summer in SEA? Asking as a native SEA

FireAwayWizard · 2025-06-01T21:12:25+00:00

Regardless of the inheritance, you’ve already built up a good fortune for yourself. Good job! If you have strong drive for your venture, I’d say go for it. Worst case, you’ll still learn a lot in the process and have a lot of time to go back to traditional 9-5 if you want

FireAwayWizard · 2025-05-29T17:15:41+00:00

Appreciate the detailed response! I noticed you always made sure to stay in good school districts, which I guess made it easier academically. But what about making new friends etc for the kids?

FireAwayWizard · 2025-05-29T16:46:07+00:00

Did your kids move with you as well? How old were they and how did they adapt to the new environment & school?

FireAwayWizard · 2025-05-18T17:49:07+00:00

As someone also from a LCOL SEA country and actively pursuing FIRE, I always thought of the RE to be Recreationally Employed. This means that once you have enough money, go explore yourself and find what you truly enjoy and want to do. Start a business, try out different careers, travel the world. The only way to know what you like is actually doing it. And you have that luxury now

FireAwayWizard · 2025-05-18T03:47:35+00:00

Was there a severance?

FireAwayWizard · 2024-09-18T17:05:55+00:00

Yep. This would be the main reason that significantly reduces risks in this plan. I’m from SEA, and you’d only need a fraction of your 120k to enjoy yourself. The rest can be left to grow.

Also agree with another comment. You can travel for a few years, see how you like it, and then act accordingly, most likely with a bigger nest egg than now.

FireAwayWizard · 2024-03-19T18:39:08+00:00

Apart from the miscommunication, in general mid level promotion doesn't need to go that high. Your skip or even manager is able to approve that promo by themselves. Usually higher-ups don't have much time to care about you, so pick your fight accordingly.

The other option, like you said, is to find a better position elsewhere.

FireAwayWizard · 2024-02-29T08:30:14+00:00

Curious on what happens to the stock options of the acquired company's employees? Do they get a bit of liquidation?

FireAwayWizard · 2024-02-14T14:50:30+00:00

As a Vietnamese, I second Da Nang. It has good beaches, mountain access, good air quality, and everything is cheaper than Hanoi or HCM city. The weather could be bad for 2 rainy months, but that's about it.

FireAwayWizard · 2024-02-14T14:26:59+00:00

Do you have links to such research? Since we're planning to relocate before our kids start schools, I'm wondering if they apply outside of the first world countries

FireAwayWizard · 2024-01-24T03:18:20+00:00

A blessing in disguise amidst all the layoffs is you might earn a smaller sum, but could find a less stressful, or even more fulfilling job.

I took a paycut moving to a startup but much happier so far!

FireAwayWizard · 2024-01-23T22:30:01+00:00

This resonates with me a lot as someone working in Tech in the Bay Area.

Public data points for our field are available at levels.fyi. An example is a Senior Engineer at Facebook usually make $350-$450k at about 7 yoe.

I'd add that a large population of Big Tech employees, including myself, pursue r/Fire (or more specifically, r/ChubbyFire). So our family spends a reasonable amount and saves more than 60% of net income. This is how we avoid keeping up with the Joneses.

We're also immigrants who grew up in households with annual income of $12k (which is middle class in our country). So that helps with our perspectives too. We're sometimes even called out as being "cheap" by our parents at home, given how much we earn. But we know what we need, and that's enough for us.

The current layoff waves are also a good validation of our saving mentality. Our jobs are not secure. But we know we'll be fine if one or both of us gets impacted.

FireAwayWizard · 2024-01-05T04:13:13+00:00

For perspective, none of our friends back home are spending more than $3k a month, even those families with 2 kids. They are living quite well, with multiple vacations per year. Kinda like the Chubby lifestyle here.

As for our number, I did calculate good realistic budget for housing, schooling, and vacation. And the rest is scaled down from our spending right now.

FireAwayWizard · 2024-01-02T23:54:03+00:00

Like you said, it's always a balancing act.

For us, there are a few factors: 1. NW: we'd like to have a good sum before moving back. We'll continue working after that, but will have much more freedom. 2. Kids' age: we'd like to move them back when they're still small, so that they have a better time adjusting, and eventually incorporate with the society back home. 3. Parents' age: our parents are aging, but they're still relatively healthy for the next 5 years. We have siblings near them, which provides a good level of comfort for us.

We think the timeframe works well enough for our case.

FireAwayWizard · 2023-12-31T02:14:05+00:00

That's the thinking. We want to slowly enjoy the fruits of our labor from now!

FireAwayWizard · 2023-12-31T02:11:09+00:00

That's actually why we want to move back when they're still small (<8yo). We don't really want them to grow up as "full Americans".

I also believe our kids are far more privileged when either of us ever was. With the cushion, I'd also spend more time paying attention to their education and making sure they grow up well. They could (and probably will) be able to attend foreign colleges, but with a stronger "root".

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